Enabling OEMs to design smartphones without a bezel, ams has claimed the industry’s first optical sensor that integrates ambient light sensing, proximity detection, and flicker detection sensing in a ...

An optical sensor module launched by ams is claimed to be the smallest on the market to deliver a combination of colour, ambient light and proximity sensing. It is said to provide OEMs with design ...

Combining a photodiode, low-noise amplifier, and 16-bit ADC in a miniature, transparent 6.8×3.0×2.35-mm surface-mount package, the VEML7700 digital ambient-light sensor from Vishay saves space in ...

Since the backlight of the LCD panel in a smartphone accounts for around 40% of the device’s total power consumption, one can benefit greatly by adjusting the brightness in response to changes in ...

Smartwatches perhaps more than any other portable device would benefit from power saving and color adjustable displays, but squeezing the requisite ambient light sensor that serves as the basis of ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. The purpose of an ambient light sensor (ALS) is to allow electronic systems to “see” light like a human eye. The ...

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